Note: The Lawrence Times does not cover sports in the traditional sense. But here’s what we consider to be our community coverage of University of Kansas Athletics.
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Lawrence Transit can transport people from downtown parking to KU football games
Lawrence Transit will offer free rides from downtown parking to KU football’s home games this season, with slight changes from previous years’ format.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Transit can transport people from downtown parking to KU football games
Lawrence Transit will offer free rides from downtown parking to KU football’s home games this season, with slight changes from previous years’ format.
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Flyovers planned in Lawrence ahead of KU’s first football game of the season
Military aircraft will fly over KU’s campus Thursday and Friday ahead of the Jayhawks’ first football game of the season.
Jacob Rice/Lawrence Times
Hosting Algeria’s World Cup team brings prestige, not profit, to KU Athletics
Hosting a World Cup team may sound like a financial win, but an official says KU Athletics expects to break even as Team Algeria trains in Lawrence this summer.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Lawrence plans for Final Four ‘every single year,’ police say
As the Jayhawks prepare for the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Lawrence police are dusting off their annual safety plan that kicks in ahead of the Elite Eight game. LPD plans for the Final Four every year.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Flyover planned for KU football game, plus a road closure reminder
Military aircraft will fly over Lawrence, and a road near the stadium will be closed for the KU football game against the University of Utah on Friday.
KU convention center opens, capping phase 1 of $800M stadium expansion, redevelopment
KU on Wednesday opened its state-of-the-art convention center, which is equipped with amenities meant to draw thousands of annual visitors and generate revenue to pay off the university’s large-scale development project.
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Photos: Late Night in the Phog 2025
Jayhawk fans returned to Allen Fieldhouse for an early look at the KU women’s and men’s basketball teams during the annual Late Night in the Phog on Friday evening.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Jayhawks vs. Tigers rivalry heats up in a new exhibition at the Watkins Museum
A new exhibition at the Watkins Museum explores the infamous KU Jayhawks and Mizzou Tigers sports rivalry, which stretches back well more than a century.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Flyovers planned, road to close for KU football game
Military aircraft will fly over Lawrence and a road near the stadium will be closed for the KU football game against the University of Cincinnati on Saturday.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Many closures coming up for road construction projects all over Lawrence
Road, lane, parking lot and intersection closures are set for numerous sites across Lawrence in the near future, including the beginning of the Bob Billings Improvement Project.
Renovated football stadium to have rededication ceremony with new WWI memorial installation
A rededication of KU’s newly renovated David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium will honor Jayhawks who died serving in World War I with a new memorial installation.
Street closures set for KU football home game days; water main project on Haskell may wrap early
A couple of blocks of 11th Street will be closed before and after KU football home games for increased pedestrian and traffic safety. Also, construction on Haskell south of 23rd may wrap up earlier than originally slated.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Three flyovers set ahead of KU football’s season opener
Military aircraft will fly over the KU campus and Lawrence three times ahead of the sold-out football season opener at the renovated stadium.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
KU stadium donation doesn’t change Lawrence city commissioners’ stance on tax breaks; some faculty members voice concerns
When Lawrence city commissioners voted to offer KU up to $94.6M in tax incentives last week for the Gateway District, at least three of five were not aware of a $300M donation that would be announced hours later. Some faculty members have concerns about the project.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Transit to offer bus service from downtown to KU football games and back
Football devotees can park downtown and take fare-free Lawrence Transit buses to get to the Jayhawks’ games this fall.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
KU alum David Booth donates $300M to Kansas Athletics to propel Gateway District
David Booth, an alum of Lawrence High School and KU, has made a donation of $300 million to Kansas Athletics — which is “among the largest single gifts in the history of college athletics,” according to a KU news release.
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